The Mentalist is among the final five nominees for the People's Choice Awards 2014!This is the last week available to vote.To vote for The Mentalist on the PCA's website, click HERE- under TV, select "Favorite TV Crime Drama", then click on The Mentalist.If you're on twitter, you can vote for The Mentalist by tweeting (in this exact way and order): The Mentalist #tvcrimedrama #PeoplesChoiceIf you're on Facebook, you can vote via the PCA's app, HERE

If you have an Iphone or Android, you can download the Awards' app and vote there.You can vote as often as you want until December 5, 2013.People's Choice Awards will air on CBS January 8, 2014.Let's vote and support The Mentalist!!

This week's Insider's Blog is written by The Mentalist's Creator Bruno Heller, about Sunday's episode 6x08 "Red John":

The final chapter of Red John has finally come to a close. I would have to admit that the biggest challenge in writing this episode was not what way to kill Red John, but simply the length of the episode. We have 42 minutes to wrap up a story that’s been running for six years. It’s very hard, if not impossible to contain all that the story demands in those 42 minutes. A lot of the big creative choices come down to what you leave out; what you don’t write. This is why I decided to make Patrick Jane’s final scene with Red John as intimate as possible. There is no murder more personal than killing someone with your bare hands. One of my favorite things about this episode was the pigeon gag in the chapel. The pigeon gag is a plot device that could only work on The Mentalist - Playful, unexpected, a little preposterous, but eminently logical. This gag is very common in the Carney lifestyle and seemed perfectly fitting for Jane’s final gag on Red John. A lot of people didn’t believe it would play out, but I was determined to keep it, and I think it played out perfectly. We created the bird phobia for McAllister to open up his character and give Jane something fun to play with. We created little quirks to McAllister’s personality along the way. If you take a look back you might be able to catch some of the clues we laid in earlier in the season. Director/EP Chris Long did an amazing job as always, and made sure to carefully calculate and perfect every little detail in the episode. I wouldn’t have wanted any other person to direct such an important episode of The Mentalist series. His creative directive mind knew exactly the right direction to take this piece in. Check out the extras in the last frame of the show and you’ll see how much attention to detail goes into the work, and how carefully Chris Long plans his shots…The extras represent the life Jane could have had if fate and Red John had not intervened…

Have you seen last night's episode of The Mentalist? Yes? Then you can read these articles about the episode, and interviews with Simon Baker and Series' Creator Bruno Heller.You haven't seen the episode yet? Then stay away from them! ;)TVLineEntertainment WeeklyTVGuide

Click on Read More for an interview with The Mentalist's Creator Bruno Heller and Simon Baker, about the future of the Show.Warning: this article contains major spoilers for the future after this Sunday's episode.Source: usatoday.com

This week's Insider's Blog, written by The Mentalist Co-Producer and Writer of 6x07 "The Great Red Dragon" Jordan Harper:

The Great Red Dragon" is the seventh episode of season six of the Mentalist and the penultimate episode of the Red John saga. It opens in the aftermath of the explosion at Jane's house and ends with Red John still on the loose and CBI shut down by the FBI. In between, there are gunfights with dirty cops, a trip to the crematorium, and murder by whiskey bottle. All in all an invigorating hour of television. The credit says "written by Jordan Harper." But that's a lie. Nobody writes an episode of television by themselves. For one thing, I had the ideas and support of Bruno and the writing staff at every step. But TV is a collaborative thing from beginning to end. Let's take the scene near the end of the episode where Jane meets FBI Agent Dennis Abbott and learns that CBI has been shut down. We set the scene so that Jane arrives just as his beloved couch is being moved out of the office. To add insult to injury, the men removing the couch hand Jane the spare change they found in it. And then as Jane faces off with Abbott, his arm is jostled and his also-beloved teacup falls to the ground, shattering in the same way Jane and Lisbon's world is shattering. Pretty good stuff, right? I didn't come up with any of it. Jane seeing his couch being taken came from Executive Producer Chris Long during the writing process. The idea for the loose change gag came during rehearsals from stage dresser Bruce Bellamy. And the breaking of the teacup belongs to Simon Baker, who came to set that day with the idea. Who better to know what would affect Jane than the man who plays him? This is how TV is made. People working together in ways that sometimes feels more like play than work: Being on the post-explosion set with director Elodie Keene and a special effects guy, picking through tubs of latex body parts for just the right severed foot. Watching Owain Yeoman on the ground in a very dirty alley, working out a fight-ending choke with our stuntmen. Bruno coming up with the t-shirt slogan "Having Fun in Sacramento" during a wardrobe meeting. (Every time I see Drew Powell in that bloodstained shirt I laugh, which might just say something about me.) Playing make believe with these talented and creative people all day long. Really, it's a pretty cool job.

Monday, November 18, 2013

As usually, you will find in the Gallery the screencaptures of last night's episode of The Mentalist, 6x07 "The Great Red Dragon".To see them, click HEREYou will also find HERE my recap of the episode.Enjoy!

Friday, November 15, 2013

The Mentalist is among the final five nominees for the People's Choice Awards 2014!To vote for The Mentalist on the PCA's website, click HERE- under TV, select "Favorite TV Crime Drama", then click on The Mentalist.If you're on twitter, you can vote for The Mentalist by tweeting (in this exact way and order): The Mentalist #tvcrimedrama #PeoplesChoiceIf you're on Facebook, you can vote via the PCA's app, HEREYou can vote as often as you want until December 5, 2013.People's Choice Awards will air on CBS January 8, 2014.Let's vote and support The Mentalist!!

Monday, November 11, 2013

This week's The Mentalist Insider's Blog is written by Co-Executive Producer Ken Woodruff, about last night's "Fire And Brimstone".

"Fire and Brimstone" is our sixth episode of the season. We're leading up to Patrick Jane finally learning Red John's true identity and having the chance to confront him face to face. So hold on. This is going to be one intense ride. "Fire and Brimstone" picks up right where "The Red Tattoo" (Episode 605) left off. Just before her death, Red John victim Kira Tinsley, gave Jane a message. More than a message, a clue. With her last dying breath, she told Jane that her killer, Red John, has a tattoo on his left arm. A tattoo of three dots. Armed with this information, Jane is now closer than he's ever been to identifying Red John. Problem is, there are still five suspects in contention. CBI Director Gale Bertram. Sheriff Thomas McAllister. FBI Agent Reed Smith. Former CBI Agent and Visualize crony, Ray Haffner. And of course, the one and only Brett Stiles. Jane's plan is to gather all five suspects together at the same time and in the same place, and check them for the tattoo. But doing so is easier said than done. And more than one suspect will be a formidable obstacle to Jane's plan. In the end of this episode, we will be much, much closer to knowing just who Red John is. The closest we have ever been. But this knowledge will come at a price. And for some, it's the highest price of all. This episode was so much fun to write and be a part of. I was lucky enough to work with John Showalter, a veteran director and go-to-guy on THE MENTALIST. He did a truly amazing job with some very difficult material and sequences. I also got to write for all five Red John suspects - Malcolm McDowell, Michael Gaston, Reed Diamond, Xander Berkeley, and Drew Powell. Having all five fine actors in the same episode was a coup. And they definitely kept the set lively. Simon Baker gives, in my opinion, one of his best performances of the series. And we get to see a darker side of him we've only glimpsed in the past. Even after all these years, he continues to surprise and impress me. And Robin Tunney's scene in Malibu at sunset - not only is it beautifully shot, but Robin absolutely breaks your heart. Her performance kills me every time I watch it. Filming this episode took us all over Los Angeles, and to some pretty incredible places. We shot a number of scenes at the Park Plaza Hotel, a historic building in the heart of downtown Los Angeles originally built by members of the Elks Club. And we had some pretty amazing days at Leo Carrillo State Beach in Malibu. The weather was perfect and the waves were even better. Our crew took full advantage of the location and went surfing at lunch.

You will find in the Gallery the screencaptures of last night's episode of The Mentalist, 6x06 "Fire And Brimstone".To see them, click HEREYou will also find HERE my recap of the episode.Enjoy!PS: Don't forget to vote for The Mentalist at the PCA - People's Choice Awards, HERE - Favorite TV Crime Drama ;)

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Since CBS pre-empted The Mentalist last week due to football, tonight episode 6x06 "Fire And Brimestone" will (hopefully) air at (again hopefully) 10pm on CBS. This episode already aired last week in Canada, but luckely Canadian tv will air 6x06 again, to follow CBS' schedule.So I will finally be able to publish the screencaptures and the recap about the episode tomorrow ;)

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

The Mentalist is among the final five nominees for the People's Choice Awards 2014!To vote for The Mentalist, click HERE- under TV, select "Favorite TV Crime Drama", then click on The Mentalist.You can vote as often as you want until December 5, 2013.People's Choice Awards will air on CBS January 8, 2014.Let's vote and support The Mentalist!!

After what happened last Sunday, when CBS pre-empted The Mentalist new episode "Fire And Brimstone", this should be the new airing schedule, hoping there won't be further changes.November 10: 6x06 "Fire And Brimstone" November 17: 6x07 "The Great Red Dragon" November 24: 6x08 "Red John"Thanks to The Mentalist's Writer Jordan Harper for the heads up.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Actress Robin Tunney and her fiancé Nicky Marmet arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of DreamWorks Pictures' "Delivery Man" held at the El Capitan Theatre on November 3, 2013 in Hollywood, California.To see the photos in the Gallery, click HERE

As some of you may have noticed, The Mentalist was pre-empted due to football last night. Instead of airing the new episode 6x06 "Fire And Brimstone", CBS decided to air a rerun.

Aside from the fact that the episode aired regularly in Canada, so it is already spoiled until it will air next Sunday, CBS also decided to air the promo for episode 6x07, without having aired 6x06 first.

I will not try to understand why they would do something like that, because it's beyond any kind of comprehension. I hope that Canadian tv will air a rerun next week, so that the US audience will be able to catch up and not be spoiled more than they already are.

Therefore, I am sorry to inform you all that I won't post the recap or the screencaptures of 6x06 until next week when it will finally air in the US as well. You won't get spoilers from me, out of respect for the US' audience.

Let me just say that it's a shame that such a great show, that has brought millions of viewers over 5 seasons, is now getting such a treatment, especially since we are at a pivotal point in the show right now.

I am really sorry for all the Cast&Crew who work so hard to give us an amazing show, amazing episodes with a fantastic acting.

I will keep you updated about the airing's schedule, and see you next week with a new recap and new screencaptures.

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